| Fire of Unknown Origin | ||||
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 Cover art by Greg Scott | ||||
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| Released | June 22, 1981[1] | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1981 | |||
| Studio | Kingdom Sound Studios, Long Island, New York The Automatt, San Francisco, California | |||
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| Length | 39:06 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Martin Birch | |||
| Blue Öyster Cult chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Fire of Unknown Origin | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10[4] |
Fire of Unknown Origin is the eighth studio album by the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on June 22, 1981. It was produced by Martin Birch.
The album, which included the Top 40 hit "Burnin' for You" (#1 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart), represented a resurgence of the group's commercial standing after two albums with disappointing sales. It became the band's highest-charting studio album on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 24. Fire of Unknown Origin would be the final studio LP featuring the band's original lineup; during the subsequent tour, the band fired original drummer Albert Bouchard.
The album has been remastered and re-released on cd and vinyl several times, for example 2013 by Culture Factory USA and 2020 by Music on Vinyl, and 2011 as part of the box set Original Album Classics on Sony / Legacy.
- ^ "New Releases". FMQB. June 12, 1981.
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 76. ISBN 9780862415419.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Fire of Unknown Origin - Blue Öyster Cult | Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.